Spendor SA1

Data

General

  • Manufacturer: Spendor
  • Model: SA 1 (first generation)
  • Years of manufacture: 1976 to 1992, from 1986 to 1996 as 15/1; 1994 as 15/2 (see notes and reports).
  • Manufactured in: England
  • Colours first version: teak, walnut;
  • Dimensions (W x H x D): 225 x 304 x 216 mm;
  • Mass: 6.5 kg;
  • New price pair 1986 approx: 1700 DM for normal tolerated version.

Technical data

  • Construction: 2-way closed
  • Chassis:
    • Tweeter chassis: Son Audax HD 12.8D25 textile cone (without ferrofluid).
    • bass-/midrange driver: Spendor 6" (150 mm), 115 mm membrane diameter (Bextren membrane).
  • Pair balance Standard: max. +/- 0.75 dB; Professional: max. +/- 0.5 dB
  • Power handling (nominal/music): 40 W "Program";
  • Efficiency: greater than Spendor LS3/5(A);
  • Frequency response: 40 Hz to 25 kHz at +/- 10 dB; 70 Hz to 20 kHz at +/- 3 dB;
  • Transition range: 3,000 Hz;
  • Impedance: 8 ohms nominal.

Special Features

  • partial XLR sockets (the 15/1 and the 15/1 Prof were available with an XLR and later with a bi-wiring connection).
  • bass-midrange driver with a Bextren cone
  • fuse on the 15/1 and 15/2

Remarks

  • There was also a tighter toleranced version (professional);
  • Upgradeable to active variant;
  • Successor:
    • 1995 - 1997: 15/2 for the German market: slightly modified cabinet, Vifa D25 tweeter and 6.5 inch (165 mm) bextrene cone bass driver, 60 W power handling;
    • 2008 - 2013: Spendor SA1-II;
    • 2015 Spendor names the D1 as successor (similar dimensions, same chassis diameter and power handling).

Pictures

Reviews

  • 15/2 in HifiVision 5/1994

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